

Ĭarano graduated from Trinity Christian High School in Las Vegas where she led the girls' basketball team to a state title. She has said that her family celebrates "an Italian festival" every year, though she is of a "small percentage of Italian" descent. She was raised by her mother after her parents divorced when Gina was 7. She is the middle child of three sisters.

Following a series of controversial posts she made to social media, Lucasfilm announced in 2021 that Carano would not appear in future Star Wars media. Carano also portrayed Cara Dune in the first two seasons of the Disney+ space Western television series The Mandalorian from 2019 to 2020. She performed in Fast & Furious 6 (2013) and Deadpool (2016).

Transitioning from the ring to the screen, Carano landed her first major role as the lead of the action film Haywire (2011). Carano retired from competition after her first professional MMA defeat to Cyborg. She and Cris Cyborg were the first women to headline a major MMA event during their 2009 Strikeforce bout. Her popularity led to her being called the "face of women's MMA", although Carano rejected this title. She competed in EliteXC and Strikeforce from 2006 to 2009, where she compiled a 7–1 record. Gina Joy Carano (born Ap) is an American actress, television personality, fitness model, and former mixed martial artist (MMA). Carano at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International
